Fundraising Ideas A-Z

Abseil

Awareness Day

Hold a Duchenne awareness day

Birthday party celebrations

Ask for donations in lieu of presents.

Bake Sale

Celebrating on occasion

Whether you’ve got a birthday coming up, or you’re tying the knot – here’s how you can support a charity or good cause at the same time.

Charity of the Year

Decade themed party

Dinner Dance

Easter fundraising

Facebook fundraiser

Facebook have made it easy for you and your connections to raise money online, for a special event such as your birthday, anniversary or just for fun!

Football club match day

Give something up

Give up chocolate, coffee or alcohol and donate what you would have spent.

Golf Day

Halloween party

Head shave

Shave your head, invite people to watch or film it, and ask for donations!

Ice dip

Jam making

Karaoke

Knitting, crocheting, weaving

Join a craft fair and sell your items and donate some or all of the proceeds to our life changing work!

Live stream

24 hour DJ set, gameathon or Twitch stream.

Match funding

You can double the amount you raise from your own fundraising efforts when using match funding. Match funding is the ability to secure additional donations from your workplace, grant maker or philanthropist. Ask your company to see if they offer match funding as part of corporate social responsibility.

Motors

Fundraise with your motor club or host a car wash!

Music concert

Name a teddy

Ask us for an AD t-shirt to dress your teddy!

Open garden event in your neighbourhood

Take admissions and hold an open garden. 

Personal challenge

Quiz night

Always great fun and can be done virtually or in person!

Raffle

Sell raffle tickets and get creative with donated prizes.

School fundraising

Skydive

Summer fundraising

Shop

Sweepstake

Take your best guess. Football, Grand National, F1: split the sweep with us!

Sweets in a jar

buy a old fashioned style sweet jar and ask local sweet shops or supermarkets for a donation

Tombola

Uniform-free day

Ask s school to hold a non-uniform day and ask their pupils to bring in £1 to take part.

Virtual fundraising

Walk

Waxing

Only for the brave. Get sponsored to have something waxed!

Year long challenge

Come up with a year long challenge and ask for pledges on donations when you reach certain targets and for upfront donations along the way.

Zipline